Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness
Conference Proceeding
Buunk, I., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2017)
Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness. In Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Knowledge Management ECKM 2017
The discussion in this paper derives from an analysis of data from twenty interviews conducted with members of an online knowledge sharing platform between October 2016 and Fe...
Contra Bentham: ethical information policy in the PanopticEon
Journal Article
Duff, A. S., & Bentham, C. (2017)
Contra Bentham: ethical information policy in the PanopticEon. Journal of Information Ethics, 26(1), 93-111
The article addresses the problem of surveillance within the framework of ethical information policy. Jeremy Bentham’s plan for a panoptic penitentiary is subjected to forensi...
Ethical ePunditry? The role of expertise in online opinion-making
Journal Article
Forrest, E., & Duff, A. S. (2017)
Ethical ePunditry? The role of expertise in online opinion-making. Journal of Information Ethics, 26(1),
The use of blogs to communicate ideas, opinions and knowledge has grown over the past two decades. Social media platforms have facilitated the rise of hybridised forms of writ...
Practice led Research Methodologies
Presentation / Conference
Macleod, K. (2017, March)
Practice led Research Methodologies. Paper presented at School of Arts & Creative industries Research Seminar, Edinburgh Napier University
The research question and methodology that I will talk about today sit around a project I’m currently developing, known as Asylum Armada Documentary & Research project, based ...
Social networking sites and employment status: an investigation based on Understanding Society data
Conference Proceeding
Mowbray, J., Raeside, R., Hall, H., & Robertson, P. (2016)
Social networking sites and employment status: an investigation based on Understanding Society data. In IDIMC 2016: Exploring our digital shadow - from data to intelligence. , (75-85
An analysis is made of secondary data derived from Understanding Society: The UK household longitudinal study (2012) as related to the use of social networking sites (SNSs) am...
Every picture tells a story: using selfie-inspired activities to enhance social relations and encourage self-reflexivity.
Book Chapter
Victoria, M. (2016)
Every picture tells a story: using selfie-inspired activities to enhance social relations and encourage self-reflexivity. In C. Penman, & M. Foster (Eds.), Innovations in learning and teachingMerchiston Publishing
This chapter explores the results of a study in Thailand that capitalised on the popularity of the selfie, providing second-year English language students with an opportunity ...
Influences and benefits of role models on social media
Conference Proceeding
Jenkins, L., Lin, R., & Jeske, D. (2016)
Influences and benefits of role models on social media. In E. L. Slade, N. P. Rana, S. Al-Sharhan, A. C. Simintiras, Y. K. Dwivedi, M. Mäntymäki, …M. Clement (Eds.), Social Media: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Proceedings 15th IFIP WG 6.11 Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society, I3E 2016, 673-684. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45234-0_60
The current paper examined three research questions. First, what are the perceived benefits for social network users who have role models online? Second, to what extent does h...
Non-public eParticipation in Social Media Spaces
Conference Proceeding
Taylor-Smith, E., & Smith, C. (2016)
Non-public eParticipation in Social Media Spaces. In SMSociety '16 Proceedings of the 7th 2016 International Conference on Social Media & Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1145/2930971.2930974
This paper focuses on the importance of non-public social media spaces in contemporary democratic participation at the grassroots level, based on case studies of citizen-led, ...
Easier, faster, better? How social media facilitate tacit knowledge sharing practices betweeen employees within governmental bodies.
Presentation / Conference
Buunk, I. (2016, January)
Easier, faster, better? How social media facilitate tacit knowledge sharing practices betweeen employees within governmental bodies. Poster presented at 2nd International Data and Information Management Conference (IDIMC), Loughborough University
This poster concerns the role, use and value of social media and tacit knowledge sharing practices. Its particular focus is the support of tacit knowledge exchange between emp...
Mediating community: practice and research in community media in Govan.
Presentation / Conference
Macleod, K. (2016, January)
Mediating community: practice and research in community media in Govan. Paper presented at Meccsa Annual Conference, 2016, Christchurch University, Canterbury., Christchurch University, Canterbury
This paper will discuss the author’s ongoing practice and research in participatory community based media in the Govan area of Glasgow. It explores the methodological, ethical...